I'm generating a new csv file (approx) every 2 mins on my machine through a local application that I've written, and I need this file to update my database each time it is generated. I've successfully done this locally via a (scheduled) repeating bat file, and now I need to move this process online so my website has access to this data in as similar of a time-frame as possible.
I'm totally green on mySql and learning it as I go, so I was wondering if there is anything I should be concerned about or any best practices I should follow for this task.
Can I connect directly to my server-side database from my cmd window (bat file) and send this data once the process has run and generated the csv file? Or do I need to upload this file via ftp/php to my webserver and import it into the database once it is online?
Any help/thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
